This is truly a great story. My middle son is also a sophomore and cross
country runner at Schaumburg H.S. (NW suburb of Chicago) and has known this
girl since first grade. I watched this girl progress to be the team's No. 1
runner and she went on to place ninth in the tough Illinois High School
First JUMP HIGH Meet
POLE VAULT / HIGH JUMP COMPETITION ONLY
Open competition for all ages
Date: December 27, 2008
Starting time: 5:30 p.m. with the girls, boys to follow
Warm-ups: will start at 4:30 p.m.
Location:
Lincoln-Way Community High School North Campus
19900 S. Harlem Ave, Fr
Olympic horses B-samples come back positive (& Phelps' dog;)
http://www.insidethegames.com/show-news.php?id=3348
Just imagine the salary war that would take place if five of the top college
football/men's basketball head coaching positions opened at the same time ...
However, regarding candidates ...
My vote for the Stanford or the Wisconsin opportunities is Skip Stolley.
He has been in California for ab
http://www.madison.com/tct/sports/292072
UW: Schumacher leaving to coach for Nike
Badgers coach compiled sterling legacy
Jason McMahon 6/18/2008 7:28 am
One of the most successful coaches at the University of Wisconsin is running
away.
Jerry Schumacher, the Badger men's cross country and
Good written story and video clip interview including finishes of the 3000 and
1500 from the 1983 World Championships.
http://www.kmtr.com/content/olympics/story.aspx?content_id=2dcc199c-0ead-435e-9e10-f689f5d8cbda
2008 Bank of America Chicago Marathon Registration Closes
as Race Reaches 45,000 Participant Capacity
Limited Number of Entries Available Through Charities and Tour Groups
CHICAGO (April 23, 2008) Bank of America announced today that registration
for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon has
www.longgreenlinemovie.com
The Long Green Line Movie is coming HOME!
We're screening at the Lake Forest Film Festival on Sunday, April 20th at 1:00
pm.
The festival takes place at Lake Forest College - 555 N. Sheridan Rd., Lake
Forest, Illinois 60045
It is a competition festival - and ther
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/preps/867575,CST-SPT-prep30.article
Chicago Sun-Times
BY TAYLOR BELL
Remember when Chicago Public League sprinters, middle-distance runners, jumpers
and relay teams used to be dominant factors in the state track and field meet?
Remember when Illinois competito
At my son's track meet today - indoors at Evanston (Illinois) H.S. - I got to
chat with Willie May, Silver Medalist 110m 1960 Olympics. He's 70ish but still
looks fit enough to clear 10 hurdles in a decent time. Funny thing is, he looks
about the same as when I ran high school in the 1970s.
Ma
Apparently there is no place like home for a 27-year-old sprinter to jump start
his comeback after several years away from the track.
Casey Combest ran away with an exhibition 55-meter race at a Kentucky Track &
Cross Country Coaches Association meet Saturday in Maysville, Ky. Held in the
old
His camp says that in practice he is now running as well as he was when he left
the sport (he's been training the last eight months) and thought 6.60 was
realistic for his first race back. His indoor goal is to qualify for the AT&T
USA Indoor Track & Field Championships, Feb. 22-24, 2008.
Howev
I've had a couple phone conversations with Casey. If all goes well this
weekend, he will run in the 55th Ted Haydon Holiday Classic at the University
of Chicago Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007.
http://uctc.org/schedule.html
Good story here. Casey runs tomorrow at Illinois State University.
http://www
http://www.comcast.net/sports/index.jsp?cat=SPORTS&fn=/2007/10/08/782764.html&cvqh=itn_marathon2
Autopsy: Heart Problem in Chicago Runner
By CARYN ROUSSEAU, Associated Press Writer
2 hours ago
CHICAGO - An autopsy showed a heart condition, not record-setting heat, killed
a Michigan police off
http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUID=USATF_2007_10_01_11_40_05
Four-time Olympic gold medalist, former world record holder and National Track
& Field Hall of Famer Al Oerter died Monday of heart failure in Fort Myers
Beach, Fla. He was 71.
NEW DYNAMIC WEBSITE TO CAPTURE ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT FOR
THE LASALLE BANK CHICAGO MARATHON
Redesign depicts core values of race: strength, dedication, commitment,
ambition, victory
August 8, 2007, CHICAGO - Registrants for The LaSalle Bank Chicag
http://web.wcsn.com/article/news.jsp?ymd=20070720&content_id=35803&vkey=athletics_news&id=34003&dpre=
Schmidt looks to continue winning ways
By Dave Ungrady - WCSN.com
Alice Schmidt qualified for the worlds with her third-
place finish at the U.S. outdoor championships. (Getty)
At about the
http://www.comcast.net/news/national/index.jsp?cat=DOMESTIC&fn=/2007/06/09/685254.html&cvqh=itn_musclecream
Muscle Cream Caused NYC Teen's Death
By Associated Press
3 hours ago
NEW YORK - A medical examiner blamed a 17-year-old track star's death on the
use of too much muscle cream, the kind
Class AA 4x400 Meter Relay Finals Results
as of May 26, 2007 at 3:47 PM
Class AA 4x400 Meter Relay Finals
Place School (Relay Members) Time
1 East St. Louis (Sr.) 3:13.66 R
Artavious Kizer (Sr), Mario McCottrell
IHSA.org
Class AA 800 Meter Run Finals Results
as of May 26, 2007 at 2:29 PM
Class AA 800 Meter Run Finals
Place Competitor, SchoolTime
1 Mat Smoody (Jr), Palatine (H.S.) 1:52.57
2 Sam Megli
Class AA 3200 Meter Run Finals Results
as of May 26, 2007 at 1:41 PM
Class AA 3200 Meter Run Finals
Place Competitor, SchoolTime
1 Evan Jager (Sr), Algonquin (Jacobs) 8:52.33
2 Chris Derrick (Jr
Legendary running track reopens
Bannister entered the record books at Iffley Road in 1954
A £19m sports complex is being opened at the historic site where Roger
Bannister broke the four-minute mile.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/6641681.stm
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> THE 2007 LASALLE BANK CHICAGO MARATHON CLOSES REGISTRATION:
> RACE REACHES 45,000 PARTICIPANT CAPACITY
> Limi
The only time I saw Henry Rono run in person was at the NCAA XC championships
in Wisconsin in 1978??? - the windy and really cold meet. I think Rono's
comment was that Americans were crazy for running in weather like that. He
finished almost last. I've got a few photos of Rono, Salazar, Rudy, Th
>From the Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-crowe26mar26,1,1452093.story?coll=la-headlines-sports&ctrack=1&cset=true
CROWE'S NEST
Rono tries to distance himself from troubled past
The runner, who broke world records in four events in short period in 1978,
says his life is on
Pro Wrestlers Linked to Steroids??? Eleven! professional wrestlers?
Next, someone is going to say pro wrestling is fake.
Say it ain't so, Joe. Say it ain't so;)
http://www.comcast.net/sports/index.jsp?cat=SPORTS&fn=/2007/03/20/614480.html&cvqh=tis_roids
Report: Pro Wrestlers Linked
March 8, 2007
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http://www.gamesbids.com/cgi-bin/news/viewnews.cgi?category=1&id=1173297233
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
USOC Evaluation: Chicago 2016 "Can Get Things Done"
Posted 2:53 pm ET (GamesBids.com)
At a press conference that closed the United States Olympic Committee's
evaluation of the Chicago 2016 Ol
Video documentary on the World's Fastest Men narrated by Michael Johnson.
http://athletesacceleration.blogspot.com/
http://usatf.org/calendars/TVSchedule.asp
TV Schedule
(All times Eastern)
DateTimeNetwork Broadcast
2/11/07 1:00 PM ESPN2 USA Cross Country Championships
2/11/07 1:00 PM ESPN2 Tyson Invitational
2/25/07 4:00 PM ESPN2 AT&T USA Indoor Track & Field Championships
3/17/07 6:00 AM ABC
Hail Huntsman!
I hope he has influence over many contributing alumni.
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> Now you know why the Penn State alumni have no support for their unqualified
> an incompetent coach. This nonsense has got to stop. I th
Merry Christmas!
http://www.juanjosemartinez.com.mx/photos1.html
Great race footage. My first time to this site.
http://www.racingsnailclub.com/
This was probably up on one of the other sites, but if anyone missed it, there
are some great distance running pix with a bit of history thrown in here and
there.
http://www.runningentertainment.com/Running%20Shots-2.htm
>From the you-got-to-be-kidding-me-AGAIN file
Interesting, the 25-day off-season contact rule is violated regularly by the
ball sports. However, in Illinois, I learned this morning that we have had
cross country coaches warned about this rule because of summer canoe trips and
team Christmas pa
Sorry, I don't have the original link to the Washington Post and to reporter
Eli Saslow. Well written story; I hope the reporter finds more topics of
interest in our sport.
Some listers probably have seen this, but it was just sent to me yesterday.
In Prep Cross-Country, Girls Often Face an
"Crawford was first inflicted with ALS in 2001. He started to lose the use of
his arms but tried to keep running by holding his arms close to his body with a
sling. Eventually he had to quit running. He was also an enthusiastic artist, a
talent that he also was forced to forfeit."
Second Glan
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-drugs8sep08,0,2080945.story?page=2&coll=la-headlines-sports
Dick Pound: "..reliable test..trickiness (for the lab is to) know what they are
looking for...difference of opinion" ?
Dick Pound is using subjectivity to determine innocents or guilt
If the
LA Times:
"As word of the negative "B" result spread Thursday made public by Jones'
attorneys the athlete said in a statement that she was "absolutely ecstatic."
Her manager told Reuters that she planned to resume competing at a World Cup in
Athletics meet in Athens next week."
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http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUid=USATF_2006_07_29_13_55_13
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> http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-5982152,00.html
>
>
>
LASALLE BANK CHICAGO MARATHON ANNOUNCES
AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR 2006 RACE
CHICAGO (July 20, 2006) â In an effort to further encourage the development
of U.S. athletes The 2006 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon will offer $80,000
in bonuses to this yearâs top American f
Story by a lister (Phil, are you still on?)
I'm not real sure how this two stadium idea is suppose to work. Sounds like
there will be cheap seats, first stadium to see the athletes getting prepared
to walk in??? and regular seats in the second stadium to see the actual
ceromonies.
Maybe Phil
Illinois H.S. Association Boys State Championships
http://www.ihsa.org/activity/trb/tourney/results.htm
Freshman Darien Donald, starting QB on the Cahokia football team, used a
stand-up start in the 400, led coming off the last turn, finished second in a
time of 47.95.
Just prior to the start o
as of May 27, 2006 2:25 p.m. Chicago time (finals live on internet radio)
Illinois H.S. Association Boys State Championships
Results: http://www.ihsa.org/activity/trb/tourney/results.htm
Live internet radio (if you get it in time)(click on "Saturday")
http://www.ihsa.org/activity/trb/index.htm
http://www.ihsa.org/activity/trb/tourney/results.htm
Class AA 4x800 Meter Relay Finals
Place School (Relay Members) Time
1 Algonquin (Jacobs)7:40.02
Mike Connolly (Sr.), Aaron Russo (Jr.)
David Arndt (Sr.)
LASALLE BANK CHICAGO MARATHON CLOSES REGISTRATION:
RACE REACHES 40,000 PARTICIPANT CAP IN RECORD TIME
Limited Number of Entries Available Through Affiliated Charities
CHICAGO (May 26, 2006) â The 2006 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon reached its
40,000 participant cap today and has officially clos
This could be a wild Illinois High School Association Girls' State Meet for
freshman Shakeia Pinnick (Aurora, Ill. - Waubonsie Valley H.S.). She qualified
for this weekend's state championships in an interesting combo of four events:
LJ, 800, 300H, and 200. She set school records in the LJ, 800,
Midwest Distance Gala - 7 p.m. Friday, June 9, 2006
Second year for this high school meet. The guys who put it on last year did a
nice job.
This year the Midwest Distance Gala moves to legendary York High School where
the Keebler International Prep Invitational was held. Additions this year
i
Thanks, Dave. Just to add:
Stevens and E. Dettman were even with about 250 to go. Stevens had a lot left
in the tank. A crash just after the mile might have knocked a couple of the
competitors off pace.
Havel and Graves (from Virginia) are sophomores.
Video of the 3200
http://www.illinoisprept
Potential for a super high school 3200 Friday night in the northwest suburbs of
Chicago. Weather is expected to be perfect for distance running. Could be a
bunch near 9:00 and maybe a couple under. Start list looks like the top-10
from the 2005 state XC championships, plus Griff Graves (9:18 so
Kastor eyes date with Radcliffe
London Marathon winner Deena Kastor could take on Paula Radcliffe later this
year if the 33-year-old American decides to run in Chicago or New York.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4939662.stm
Radcliffe upbeat after operation
Her next marathon is mo
Click for easy-to-read results. Many competitive races.
boys and girls big school:
(York boys DNC)
http://www.illinoispreptoptimes.com/iptticaares.htm
HJ
1 Clay, Major Lanphier 6-10.00
PV
1 Hanson, Phil Pontiac 17-01.25 Meet record
I have done several articles on Title IX and Gender Equity. What I have have
found is that universities are willing to tolerate $500,000 (and much higher)
losses on football (and men's basketball) because these programs are used for
and help to recruit students, hit on alumni for donations for a
"Supporters of Title IX policy reform argue that mens teams have been unfairly
lost in the last few decades. Some coaches say Title IX discriminates against
men. They say a loss of sports opportunities, such as wrestling teams, can be
blamed on Title IXs proportionality requirement.
"A 1997 r
"For the hero of London 2012 the 800m clash was a personal disaster. Bronze
behind gold medal winner Ovett hurt."
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/features/story.jsp?story=681172#top
Lord of the Rings
David Kelly speaks to the double Olympic champion Seb Coe who secured the 20
'More Brutal Than The BALCO Scandal'
POSTED: 8:31 am PST February 2, 2006
BERLIN -- The trial of a German track coach accused of supplying
performance-enhancing drugs to athletes has included evidence indicating gene
doping already might be taking place in sports.
E-mails seized in the investi
But Monty's record could not pass the current accepted legal scrutiny while the
eBlocs seem to be accepted because of the passage of time.
Didn't Frank Shorter take his argument to the German courts seeking financial
compensation with regards to the 1976 Olympics? I don't recall what happened
t
What's the precedent for 'former?'
I was reading the Marion Jones story below. From a journalism standpoint, I am
hung up on this word "former." Monty's 9.78 has been canceled and has been
purged from official standings. Is it fair to reference Monty's 9.78 as a
"former world record" if the mar
PRESS RELEASES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTS MOVEMENT
January 26, 2006
U S Track and Field
Coghlan leads field for 99th Millrose Games High School Mile
NEW YORK - Nine young men and 10 young women will compete on the storied oval,
running in the boys' and girls' high school miles at the 99th M
What is this? March of the Penguins?
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> Nevermind. How about I start 2006's first off topic thread?
>
> MF, how does one pronounce "Bala Cynwyd?"
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mai
Isn't Armstrong the youngest world champion ever in cycling? (if he was he
achieved this prior to cancer) ... which would place him in a very elite class
- or he was damn lucky.
Post-cancer he trains at higher mileage, "the bigger heart" is pushing blood
around a leaner body that is 15 pounds
I thought WCSN coverage was great. And, nice reporting, Walt.
I had a problem the first two days because WCSN did not work with Explorer on
my Mac (OS 10.something ..., G3 processor at 400 MHz. I have problems watching
videos off the Comcast web page.) But, it worked fine with Mac's Safari. My
As for PAX - thanks, and great job - the "breezing through" should give us more
action and less fluff. As far as keeping up on the seedings, I am reviewing the
web site first (but tough to not sneak a peek at the results;)
I can't get the webcast on my Mac.
> I couldn't ask for much better fro
Full results and photos at:
http://www.illinoisrunner.com/home.htm
High school distance runners came from seven states to participate in the
inaugural running of the Midwest Distance Gala held Saturday night in near
perfect weather at Vernon Hills H.S., site of one of the finest prep track
fac
Great form. Love to watch him run.
> Middle-distance legend Wilson Kipketer will retire from athletics
> after the 2006 European Championships in Sweden.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/4424481.stm
>
> The 32-year-old, who switched nationality from Kenya to Denmark, won
> world ti
"... compromise her training for the London Marathon on April 17?"
No plans for a quick 8,000m preparation jaunt in that time span?
> Duncan Mackay in Madrid
> Friday March 4, 2005
> The Guardian
>
> Only 24 hours before the trials for the World Cross-country
> Championships are due to take
I would greatly appreciate any info or if I could be directed to a site
regarding the PanAm track events held at Chicago's Soldier Field for the 1959
PanAm Games? I am finishing a quick story on the old track that of course in
no longer there.
Feel free to contact off list if you prefer.
Best
Good to hear from so many. Too bad it took drugs to get us yapping.
"Therefore, ACSM restates its long-standing call for Major League Baseball and
the Major League Baseball Players Association to ensure persistent, random and
out-of-competition testing for steroids."
December 3, 2004
For I
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The list is getting its edge back!
> Bingo!
>
> You're balancing heat production, which is proportional to body mass,
> against heat dissipation, which is proportional to surface area. Since mass
> (volume) increases with the cube of the radius, and surface area
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CHICAGO (August 3, 2004) ? Registration for The 2004 LaSalle Bank Chicago
Marathon hit 35,000 today and is anticipated to re
Here is a story on the costs of the 2004 Olympics written by a mutual funds guy.
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Costs of Hosting The 2004 Olympics
>From Dustin Woodard,
Your Guide to Mutual Funds.
Hosting the Olympics Can Be an Economic Burden
If you think the Greeks overcommitted, the Chinese have budgeted $
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something like that ...
> I thought he said that "in the day" EVERYONE was a 4:30 miler.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> >Frank Shorter said everybody in high school was a 4:30 miler. But occasionally,
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Kevin Havel breaks Jorge Torres's jr. high 1600m record
Frank Shorter said everybody in high school was a 4:30 miler. But occasionally, a
junior high runner can say that and mean it.
My son runs in the same USATF age division as this kid Kevin Havel, so I've seen him
produce numbers similar
Maybe this should be posted on the OTHER side, but ...
Talk from the York H.S. camp at the Illinois H.S. Assoc. state boys track meet
was that, not only will the 2004 York XC team be the best ever in Illinois, but
maybe one that ranks with the best ever in the U.S.A.
NOT my prediction. Just
Yes, Ken Popejoy had two sons compete in the state meet.
3200 final
12 Jon Popejoy (So.), Wheaton (W. Warrenville South) 9:36.10
1600 prelim
6 Mike Popejoy (Sr.), Wheaton (W. Warrenville South) 4:28.30
> Is the Mike Popejoy in Heat 2 related to Ken Popejoy?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wro
Yes, that was a Saturday double. There were prelims in every event on Friday, except
for the 3200.
Here are the 1600m prelim heats. Note the freshman with a 4:25 in Withrow's heat.
1600-Meter Run
(Top 12 overall qualify for finals)
Preliminary Heat No. 1
1 Q-William McCann (Sr.), Decatur
Illinois High School Association
Boys State Championships
Saturday, May 29, 2004
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Ill.
http://www.ihsa.org/activity/trb/tourney/2result2.htm
Adam Harris, a h.s. junior, wins 100, 110, 200 & anchors 4x200 winner;
Nicholas Brown takes the horizontals
Long Jum
Illinois High School Association
Boys State Championships
Saturday, May 29, 2004
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Ill.
3200m Final
Final Section No. 2
1 Matt Withrow (Sr.), Tinley Park (Andrew) 8:57.95
(4:37/4:20, 61 last 400. MacTaggart had a 60m lead with 1200 to go)
2
For Immediate Release
From: The Worlds Greatest Athletes Chiropractic Decathlon Club
May 19, 2004
WGA TEAM HEADS TO GOTZIS
(St Louis). The Worlds Greatest Athletes Chiropractic Decathlon Club (WGA CDC) will
open the international multi-event season next week (May 29-30) w
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... and, pun intended?
> ...another conspiracy theory dashed...
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> > He didn't--his heat was just later. If I recall, He ran it in someone
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> > > From: Wayne T. Armbrust <[EMAIL PROTECTED
Interesting story. Here in Illinois, the Lt. Governor is honoring our state's 14
sub-four-minute milers at a press conference in Downtown Chicago Thursday. Ten of the
14 are scheduled to attend.
> "Bannister's four-minute mile, whose 50th anniversary is being hailed
> this week, actually ruined w
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